Barbarossa

[ bahr-buh-ros-uh ]

noun

1. Frederick. Frederick I ( def 1 ).
2. the planning and operational code name the Germans gave to their invasion of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941).

Barbarossa

/ ˌbɑːbəˈrɒsə /

noun

1. the nickname of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I See Frederick Barbarossa
2. ed-DinKhair14651546MTurkishCRIME AND POLICING: pirateMILITARY: admiral real name Khair ed-Din . c . 1465–1546, Turkish pirate and admiral: conquered Tunis for the Ottomans (1534)

Example Sentences

Meyer admitted he was Barbarossa when Politico confronted him with their reporting.

From Salon

He began to experiment with different ideas of his own, coming up with the early concept for Barbarossa in the early 1970s while doing military service.

From Washington Post

If a fantasy trilogy had been the inspiration for Barbarossa, Catan owed its existence to nothing but Mr. Teuber’s imagination and his longstanding interest in Viking history.

From New York Times

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From Literature

He had sprayed the woman outside a neighboring business, the Barbarossa Lounge on Montgomery Street.

From New York Times